What would need to occur to extend or fire McDermott?

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I think 10 wins with or without a playoff appearance would earn McD a 2-3 year extension. 9-7 with another playoff game and I would probably extend as well if the blowout losses are less frequent and Allen is developing.

4 or less wins and he should be fired.

Anything in between he is brought back on his current deal with a dreaded vote of confidence in week 16 and a playoffs or your fired ultimatum for 2020.

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I'd think a huge major bad season like less than 3 wins more than that likely gets him at least a fourth season to start. If next year by Nov, they are like 2-10 then maybe gets the boot then or by year end. Beane likely survives and hires a new coach. GM's usually get at least two coaches to burn through.

Extended Playoffs this year likely gets him extended or a .500 record this year puts in a wait and see what next year brings. 9-7 or better next year probably gets him extended then.

Also depends alot on what happens around him. Lets assume Allen's a bust but the rest of the team is looking better, then maybe he stays. The failure rate of rookie QB's is easily 50% so firing a guy for picking the wrong QB would be really dumb and shows the likelihood of any future success is low as the owner would be clueless to fire for that reason.

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I doubt that ownership will be willing to move on from McD at this juncture. I think the Pegulas understood the roster train wreck that McD and Beane inherited from Rex and Whaley. Fixing the cap situation, adding decent talent in the draft, and making smart moves in free agency are indications that the organization is moving in the right direction. Both Pegulas and Beane have spoken about building the team to be competitive for the long term. Even though the record was not good in 2018, the team played hard and seemed to be as prepared as their weak roster could be. With all of this, it doesn't make me think that they will be making any knee jerk reactions now.

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I think 10 wins with or without a playoff appearance would earn McD a 2-3 year extension. 9-7 with another playoff game and I would probably extend as well if the blowout losses are less frequent and Allen is developing.

4 or less wins and he should be fired.

Anything in between he is brought back on his current deal with a dreaded vote of confidence in week 16 and a playoffs or your fired ultimatum for 2020.

I was actually ready to give a ridiculed response thinking it was another moron that think it's playoffs or he gets the boot. That's exactly where I'd place the win loss total for an extension or a firing.

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A proven failure like Doug Whaley got 4 years. Hard to imagine McD or Beane getting any less than that from Pegs, especially after breaking the drought in their first year... something truly heinous would have to happen.

As for extension, he’s only starting year 3 of a 5 year contract, too early to do anything unless maybe an AFC East title & 1-2 playoff wins. SB win, then absolutely.